Support for carriage-tops



(No Model.)

J. A. ORANDALL.

SUPPORT FOR CARRIAGE TOPS. No. 329,023. Patented 001;. 27, 1885!INVENTEIR NITE Smarts ATENT Wren.

JESSE A. GRANDALL, OF BROOKLYN, NE\V YORK.

SUPPORT FOR CARRIAGE-TOPS.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,023, dated October27, 1885.

Application filed July 9, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J ESSE A. CRANDALL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Supports forCarriage- Tops; and I do hereby declare that the followingspecification, taken in connection with the drawings annexed to andforming part of the same, furnishes a full and clear description of theinvention, sufficient to enable those skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and operate the same.

My invention relates to the topsor canopies of carriages, and has forits object the provision of supports for the same which can be easilymoved and adjusted and admit of the arrangement and retention of the topor can opy in any desired position over the body of the carriage.

In its general construction my said invention resembles the device shownin the application heretofore made by me for Letters Patcut for animprovement in canopies for childrens carriages, and allowed on the 3dday of June, 1885, but differs therefrom in some of its details, as ishereinafter shown.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a rear viewof a carriage-body,showing my im proved canopy-supporting rods applied thereto, and Fig. 2is a side view in elevation of said rods.

A is the body of the carriage.

B B are supports fixed in any desired and suitable location upon therear of the carriage-body.

G G are sockets in said supports.

D D are thumb-screws attached to and forming part of said supports, andE E are metal rods, (the respective upper, middle, and lower portions ofwhich I designate as E, E and E2) the purpose of which is to furnish thesupport for the top or canopy of the carriage. The said rods-E E, whensecured, as is hereinafter specified, to the supports B B, extend,respect ively, outwardly along and parallel with the back of thecarriage-body, to or a short dis tance around the side of the body ofthe carriage, as shown at E, Fig. 1, and there bend upward to a pointjust above the side of the carriage-body, as shown at E, Fig. 1, andthen Serial No. 171,063. (No model.)

curve upward and forward and run parallel with each other over the bodyof the carriage, as shown at E, Fig. 1, supporting the canopy, and beingheld there in relative position by suitable braces or cross-pieces, F F.

Having thus described the several parts of my invention and improvement,the manner of attaching the same to a carriage is as follows:

I firmly affix the supports B B, each having a socket, O,and-thumb-screw D, to the body of the carriage at any desired andsuitable location upon the. back thereof, and loosen the thumb-screws DD. Into the sockets O G of the supports B B, respectively, I insert therespective lower extremities, E, Fig. 1, of the metal rods EE,constructed as shown, and, arranging the said rods in the position shownin the accompanying drawings, Fig. 2, Itighten the thumb-screws D D. Atop or canopy such as is described and shown in the applicationhereinbefore referred to is then secured to said supporting-rods E E inthe manner shown in the aforesaid application; or any other suitable topor canopy desired may be attached to said rods in any suitable anddesired manner. By the construction and arrangement of said metal rods EE as described and shown the parts E E of said rods, which extend fromthe supports B B to the sides of the carriage-body, form pivots orswivel-joints upon which the rods may be turned or revolved, and permitof said rods with their canopy (the thumb-screws D D being slightlyloosened for that purpose) being bent forward and downward to or nearthe front of the carriage-body, or backward and upward in the directionof the back of the body of the carriage, as may be desired, and securesto the occupant of the carriage the protection and shelter of the top orcanopy without any disturbance of the relative position of the same uponsaid rods.

In the first above-specified position of said rods the top or canopyacts as ashield and barrier from and against the ingress of snow, rain,wind, or dust, or the rays of the sun at the front of the-carriage. Inthe second abovesp'ecified position of said rods rain, snow, wind, ordust, or the suns rays, are prevented from finding entrance at the rearof the carriage.

If rain or snow or the rays of the sun fall vertically upon thecarriage, annoyance to the occupant of the carriage is prevented byarranging the supporting-rods'of the top or canopy as shown in theaccompanying drawings, Fig. 2.

The aforesaid arrangement and construction of said rods EE, inconnection with said supports B B, as shown and described, has a furtheradvantage over the devices commonly in use for supporting the tops orcanopies of carriages, in that it admits of any desired adjustment ofsaid canopy or top without endangering or injuring the hands or fingersof the occupant of the carriage.

Having thus described my invention, its construction, advantages,operation, and mode of use, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. In combination with the body of a carriage, the rods E E, attached tothe rear of the carriage-body, as shown, and curving outward and forwardto form supports for the top or canopy of a carriage,substantially asdescribed.

2. In combination with the body of a carriage, the rods E E,swivel-jointed at the back of the carriage and provided with the socketsO C, supports B B, and screws I) D, to permit of the partial rotation ofsaid rods and any desired adjustment of the top or canopy over thecarriage-body.

3. In combination with a carriage-body, a pair of canopy-rods madeadjustable by pivoting at points on the back of the carriagebody,substantially as shown, and for the purposes specified.

4. A canopyrod for carriages, constructed with the two parts E and Ebearing at right angles to each other, and with a curved ordouble-angled elbow, E between them, substantially as and for thepurposes described.

' JESSE A; oaANDA n.

I Witnesses:

ISAAC J AOOBSON, F. W. HANAFORD.

